Hiya! Angel of Death here! I'm working hard on 'The Great
Hero' even though I'm disappointed in the number of reviews I got for it… I
really like that story. But oh well! If it turns out I'm writing it just for
mama-sama (the only person thus far to review both chapters) then that' okay
with me!
My other
story, 'A Relationship with a Pig?!' is underway. But I'm stuck with writer's
block! As soon as I figure out what to do I'll write more! I promise!
Anways!
This is just a short little thing, based on my obsession with the idea of the
Gundam pilots being nothing but soldiers and having a hard time adjusting to
the peace they fought so hard for! (Nice thought eh?)
I hope you
enjoy this, I know it's short but meh.
"You see, one of the most important things in a person's
life is to feel useful."
~*~
The night.
It had always held such promise for one like him. Now, now it was empty. Gone
were the explosions that he seemed to crave. Gone were those that opposed them.
Gone was everything he had ever known and believed in.
Everything
except what he had fought the hardest to obtain. Peace. He grimaced at the
thought. Sure he could walk down the street unafraid to show his face, he could
do anything that he chose to do. Anything except what he truly wanted to do.
Fight.
The perfect
soldier indeed. He snorted, sure that had been convenient when there had been a
war going on, now, now there was nothing. He wandered from day to day trying
desperately to find something to do. Anything!
He lowered
his head and stared at the cold and unforgiving ground. Everyone that he had
fought was down there. Somewhere on this planet, buried deep enough for them to
rest in peace.
"If only I
had the same peace." He said out loud.
"You could
you know." Came a soft voice from behind him.
"Relena…"
"Heero.
You've spent your entire life fighting for peace. Why can't you enjoy it?" she
asked as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
Heero
turned his eyes from her, "I don't know how. My entire life I was trained to
fight. And during the war I was useful. Now I'm useless. There's nothing I am
needed for." He looked at her again, "Even protecting you is pointless. There's
no one left to hurt you. My last mission was accomplished."
Relena
looked into his eyes, so much pain was hidden away behind his mask of
indifference, "Heero you can be useful again."
He looked
at her; there was a spark in her eyes he had never seen before. "No I can't."
he turned away from her and ran out into the night.
Relena
watched him go, tears falling from her eyes, "Oh Heero… don't go." She said to
the night, "I need you with me… we need you."
~*~
Life
continued for everyone, Duo and Hilde finally got married after much pestering.
And they were now expecting their first baby. Trowa had returned to the circus
saying that he had never been happier then when he performed. Quatre was now
one of the most powerful men in the world and had last been seen in the company
of one Dorothy Catalonia. Wufie and Sally were still fighting like there was no
tomorrow. The only difference was that now they were able to make up in the
age-old fashion…
Yes, it had
been two years since Heero had vanished, and like had gone on for everyone.
Everyone that is, except Relena.
Sure she
lived her life as best she could but now she felt like something was missing.
'More like someone…' she thought sadly.
She turned
on her balcony and moved back into her room, unaware that she was being
watched.
~*~
He
remembered looking at a TV one day as he was passing by a store's display
window. The image on the screen had shocked him to his very core.
Relena…
But it
wasn't just Relena, in her arms was a wiggling bundle of cloth.
A baby…
Heero heard
one of the reporters ask what the baby's name was. Relena had smiled softly and
said "Harusaki."
Heero
looked at the screen in disbelief, a baby?
He turned
from the TV and ran as though Shinigami himself was after him.
~*~
Relena
entered her daughter's room, a sad smile on her lips. Heero didn't even know
about her. She had been about to tell him, but he ran off. She lowered her
head, that was typical of him. He always ran from her. He always had.
"Hello my
darling." Relena said with a smile as she flipped the light switch on the wall
and promptly cried out.
"Heero…"
"Relena…
Why didn't you tell me?" he asked as he cradled the baby in his arms.
"I was
about to, but you ran off! I tried to find out, but decided you'd come back on
your own. Eventually." She said as she moved towards him.
"Harusaki
eh?" Heero asked as he studied the baby's smiling face, "That means beginning
of spring."
Relena
nodded, "Yes Heero. She's the beginning of your spring. Your new start." She
said as she placed a hand on Heero's shoulder, "You can be useful again. You
daughter is going to need a father."
He looked
at his daughter with a soft smile, he could be useful? The baby cooed and
grabbed onto one of Heero's fingers. She was so small…
"She needs
to be protected." He said.
Relena
nodded, "She needs you Heero. What do you think? Can you be useful one last
time?"
Heero
looked from Relena to Harusaki. The hope and love that shone from her face
couldn't be turned down.
"I will. I
will be useful…" he said as he pulled Relena to him with his free hand and held
her to him, "Forever."
~*~
The end!
